Credit-accounting device.



, PATENTED JUNE 4, 1907..

M. E. GIBSON. CREDIT AOOOUNTIN G DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9, 1906.

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.which may be closed by said leaf.

MARION E. GIBSON, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

CREDIT-ACCOUNTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1907.

Application filed November 9, 1906. Serial No. 342,654.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARION E. GIBsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon,have invented a new and useful Credit-Accounting Device, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has relation to credit accounting appliances and itconsists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts ashereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide an appliance of the natureindicated which is provided with means for containing the names andfinancial rating of the inhabitants of the community. Said names arepreferably arranged upon endless belts or ribbons located upon a leafwhich is adapted to be used as a writing desk and adjacent each name isplaced a suitable cipher which indicates the financial rating of theindividual. A series of drawers of special construction are provided andhoused within a casing, said casing being made preferably fire proof,the front of Each drawer is provided with a holder for the reception ofthe name of a customer and is provided upon its inside with means forholding characters which indicate the extent of credit that thatparticular customer may receive at the establishment. Each drawer isprovided with a spring which is adapted to hold credit slips of usualform and thus the original entries of sale are taken care of. Inconnection with the casing of the appliance an adding machine isprovided as is also a card index and a drawer for containing paper rollsfor tabulating accounts.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of thecredit accounting appliance. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the closurefor the same; and Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a drawer used in theappliance.

The device comprises the casing 1 which is provided with an addingmachine 2 of usual construction having the sight opening 3. A drawer 4is provided above the adding machine for containing paper rolls fortabulating accounts. The drawer 5 contains a card index. A series ofdrawers 6 are arranged in rows, tier upon tier and each said drawer isprovided on its outside with a holder 7 which is adapted to contain acard upon which the customers name is placed. Each drawer is provided inits interior with a holder 8 which .is adapted to contain a card bearingfigures v or characters which indicate the extent of credit that thatparticular person may receive. The spring 9 lies flat in the drawer 6and is provided near its ends with the convolute sections 10 which addssufficient elasticity to the said spring to enable the same to bereadily swung up in order that the drawer may receive the sale slips 11.The closure 12 is pivoted to the front side of the casing 1 and maybeswung up over the drawer 6. Said closure is provided with a glass top 13under which a series of continuous tapes or ribbons 14 are mounted forlongitudinal movement. The customers names are printed or otherwiseplaced upon the strips 14 and adjacent each customers name is acharacter indicative of that particular customers financial standing.The said strips or ribbons 14 turn around the rollers 15 and thoserollers 15 which are located nearest the free edge of the closure 12 areprovided with the milled nuts 16 whereby the said rollers may be rotatedand the strips 14 moved longitudinally in order to bring any particularname to view.

From the foregoing description it is obvious that as credits are madeand slips filed away in the cabinet the said credits may be added upupon the adding machine 2 and thus it is possible to ascertain at aglance the exact amount of credit that has been extended. Also, means isafforded for keeping a record of the financial standing of the customersof the establishment and for limiting the amount of credit to eachcustomer in accordance with his rate of standing.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters-Patent is 1. A credit accounting appliance comprising acasing, a pivoted closure for the casing, a series of endless beltsarranged upon said closure and bearing names and ratings, and a seriesof drawers located in the casing and provided with name plates.

2. A credit accounting device comprising In testimony that I claim theforegoing as my own, I have hereto afliXed my signature in the presenceof two witnesses. 1o

MARION E. GIBSON.

a casing, a closure pivoted thereto, rollers journaled upon the closure,endless ribbons passing around said rollers and having names andratings, milled nuts carried by the rollers, a transparent plate lyingover Witnesses: said ribbons and a series of drawers located N.CAMPBELL,

in the casing and provided with name plates. E. LLOYD BAYLY.

